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Thursday, August 01, 2013

Idol of Lord Hanuman submerged under water due to heavy floods at Ramkund near Panchavati area in Nashik. Large areas of Nashik experienced worst flooding after heavy rainfall since last two days which pushed Godavari River beyond its banks. The torrential rains have also increased the water level in the Gangapur dam with the authorities being forced to release extra water from the dam. Photo: Prashant Kharote Helvetica , Lokmat Times

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Times of India today quotes RMC Mumbai:" Depression is the first stage towards formation of a low "---" A circulation forming within a trough competes with the low temperatures in neighbouring areas"---What does that mean ? And they say Heavy rains expected in Vidharbh,,are they not over ?

Haha.. What kind of a statement is it? TOI definitely misinterpreted like The Hitavada did. The Hitavada claimed and boldly titled Wednesday's Nagpur rains as "Cloudburst" - http://www.ehitavada.com/site.home/paper_type/13/date/2013-08-01/page_no/1

This created a panic among the people and they are asking me whether it was cloudburst or not.

Regarding heavy rainfall possibility in Vidarbha, The Hitavada also wrote- RMC issues heavy rainfall warning (after the rainfall from this system came to an end). They just boasted the situation with their photos and even a kind of personal experience cum travelogue titled as "Of cloudburst and undesirable romance with the rain" here - http://www.ehitavada.com/site.home/paper_type/13/date/2013-08-01/page_no/2

Tarun Bharat is the only newspaper which critically analysed this issue instead of writing such things.

Thats a baseless statement again from TOI. May be there are referring deep depressions or very intense low pressures as simple lows and as per the terminology, depression comes first and then deep depression etc so they are saying depression forms first and then converts to deep depression (low in their language). We know that its one and the same thing.

They must verify their language before publishing from some weather expert. Majority of the people don't bother to understand what the reason behind any rain/thunder event is and they simply don't point out such errors like we do. Newspaper people take advantage of this situation and add "Masalas"

Why don't we see any pressure drops below 1000mb over southern India - what factors make this happen and extreme rains for interiors? This factor always seen over MAHA,GUJ,MP?After Kolar districs,Hassan districts face drought as monsoon eludes entire interior/central KAR. AP Rayalseema districs follow same. This is 3rd time in year this is noticed -probably weather scientists should do some research and warn against the approaching extreme aridity.

Rajeshbhai, newspapers and general media is highly ignorant while reporting many specialist events. Professional reporting barring few exceptions sorely is lacking. In the West, journalists go through rigorous training in the specialist fields like wildlife, war, disaster relief, third world economy etc before writing on respective subjects. Journalists are specialists in their field while reporting for reputed publications. Last time, Indian Express reported "Flamingo from Australia" with the photographs of an egret!! They routinely mix up defence ranks, bird species, and weather terminologies. Written word is no more sacrosanct !! In fact exaggeration is the common disease !! ... Potey